Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-30
SPORTING TOPICS.
Winnings of Some Fast Horses-Story
About John Iorrissey.
Especial Correspondence


Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, April 18.
Everybody, of course, remembers what G
wonderful racer Hindoo was only few years
ago and what slight odds the bookmakers
were wont to lay against him when, indeed
| they did not actually bet on him. l knew
that as a sire he had also proven great sue
cess, but had no idea to what an extent this
was the case. therefore received genuine
surprise the other day when, upon looking
over the winnings of the different horses dur
ing 1886, [ found that The Widow, Catalina,
Hanover, Sunbeam, Kinda and Jim Gore
| all of them the get of Hindoo, had won be-
tween them during last season the sum of
$24, 200. Jim Gore, of course, headed tho list,
being credited with $4,000, or more than
half of the entire amount. Hindoo's progeny
will probably make even q better showing
for this year *.
The wonderful time, Ism 4Os., which
Mccormick made when he defeated Dowd,
of Montreal, at st. John, N B., in five
mile skating race recently, will hardly be
allowed to go on record as the best time ever
made, as the track was just fourteen laps to
the mile, and mistake of a few feet on each
lap would make a very considerable differ
ence IN the entire distance And besides
there were not the proper preparations and
precautions taken for obtaining worlds
records Then, too, l understand that the
watches differed very materially McCor-
mick Is without doubt very fast skater,
but the alleged record breaking should be
taken with copions allowance of salt
~
A SIX days go as you please race, under the
management of the veteran Daniel OLeary.
will occur at Omaha, Neb., April IS to so,
and if some man hitherto unknown to fame
should succeed in getting to the front he will
be taken to England and matched against
Llttlewood. The division of the receipts will
be 40 per cent to the first, 25 to the second.
10 to the third, II to the fourth and to the
fifth. Nearly all Of the best walkers and
runners in the country have promised to
enter, and as this is the first event of the
kind ever brought off in Omaha, it ought to
be great success, especially with such man
as Dan O'Leary at the helm.
~
When l was lad of about Is was at Sar-
atoga for the summer was the guest of
my uncle, who was physician and a warm
personal friend of John MorriSsey, who then
owned the race course. Most of my time was
spent at the lake lettering around the boat
houses OF the several college crews. AS a
natural consequence, having been almost
brought up in a boat, and understanding
rowing thoroughly, was enabled to form a
very good general idea of the relative merits
of the different crews. The university race
that year was considered a certainty for
either Yale or Harvard, although Columbia
also had many followers. Morrissey was
backing Yale heavily to win, and had invest
ed several thousand dollars. One day met
him in front of Moons just as l had started
to walk into town. "Wel, my little man."
said he, "do you eat, drink and sleep over here
at the lake" assured him that it was not
quite as bad as that whereupon he added:
Anyway, you are over here enough TO know
what crew you think will win the university
race" Flattered by this condescenson ON
the part Of the old man, replied proudly
that l thought the men on Snake Hill Cor
nell would win. Morrissey seemed much
impressed with the answer and acted
upon it, for thereafter, instead of
taking Yale against the field he would ALWAYS
include Cornell in his bets. As every one
knows, Cornell won both the university and
freshman races. The advice saved Morrissey
$4,000. ***
notice that another Sullivan demolisher
has come to the surface IN Australia. The |
fellows name is Francis p Slavin, and for |
the past few months he has been entertaining |
the Antipodeans with exhibitions of the neat |
ness and dispatch with which he can knock |
out the country yolzels. Slavin is a young |
man of Herculean proportions, standing over |
six feet high his weight, trained, does not fall |
far short of 200 pounds. He has written to |
prominent sporting man of this city request
ing him to arrange a match with Sullivan.
This gentleman Will probably send Slavin the
money to come to America.
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strong effort, I see, is now being made to
have the Hanlan-Gaudaur race occur at
either Nantasket Beach or Point of Pines.
The place which offers the greater induce
ments to the oarsmen in the way of excursion
money, ETC., will get it. OCTY COHEN.